Howard Wright1707820367 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 This is the old Victorious kit in 1:600 with the additon of a few extras. Railings, mast and crane from White Ensign Modern Royal Navy sets 1 and 2, 1:600 aircraft markings from Starfighter Decals, Whirlwinds and Skyraiders from Tumbling Dice.http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af2/hwright21/VICTORIOUS40_1.jpghttp://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af2/hwright21/VICTORIOUS36_1.jpghttp://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af2/hwright21/victorious32.jpghttp://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af2/hwright21/Victorious/airvic14.jpghttp://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af2/hwright21/Victorious/airvic17.jpghttp://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af2/hwright21/Victorious/airvic12.jpghttp://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af2/hwright21/Victorious/airvic11.jpghttp://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af2/hwright21/Victorious/airvic2.jpghttp://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af2/hwright21/Victorious/airvic11.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Impressive air wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffing Billy Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 That's looks great ! I've got one in my stash, I must look up the sources you mention and see what is still available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffing Billy Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 That's looks great ! I've got one in my stash, I must look up the sources you mention and see what is still available. I've found all the items you mentioned and ordered them - thanks for the information !Chuffers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 That's very nicely clean finished 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricekor Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Nice work and great look. New member so not sure of the regs. Did you have problems putting the kit together? I'm having a hell of a time getting a good fit with a warped hull and gaps requiring a lot of filler.I'm building 2 kits at the moment: 1 as per the instructions and the other as a reimagined circa Falklands with a ski jump and extended (slightly) superstructure and deck area. Are there any dedicated PE for Victorious. Already have WE parts 1 and 2.. Looking specifically for safety nets. All help appreciated. Thanks.Also, check out Shapeways for 3D printed aircraft. I'm replacing all supplied aircraft: sea vixen, gannet, buccaneer, phantom and whirlwind for original. Swapping out sea vixen and whirlwind for harrier and wessex and seaking for reimagined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Nice work and great look. New member so not sure of the regs. Did you have problems putting the kit together? I'm having a hell of a time getting a good fit with a warped hull and gaps requiring a lot of filler.I'm building 2 kits at the moment: 1 as per the instructions and the other as a reimagined circa Falklands with a ski jump and extended (slightly) superstructure and deck area. Are there any dedicated PE for Victorious. Already have WE parts 1 and 2.. Looking specifically for safety nets. All help appreciated. Thanks.Also, check out Shapeways for 3D printed aircraft. I'm replacing all supplied aircraft: sea vixen, gannet, buccaneer, phantom and whirlwind for original. Swapping out sea vixen and whirlwind for harrier and wessex and seaking for reimagined.ISTR that Ark Royal IV at least had a ski jump designed, which should help with that aspect of a "Victorious 1982 refit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Thomas Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 It might look great, but it’s difficult to tell with ‘photbucket’. Uploading the photos direct to the topic makes them easier to see, and easier to comment on. I’m sure it was a great build but really needs a better set of publicity shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricekor Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Is the "new" HMS Victorious a retooled model or just the older version with associated problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 It is the original kit. There is nothing new about it and it isn't advertised as 'NEW' but an Airfix Vintage Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricekor Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Thanks. I know it's not new, just wondering whether there were going to be tweaks to production to resolve fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricekor Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Just a quick question. In upgrading the Victorious I'm finding 1/600 weapons upgrade problematic. They all appear to be too big, whereas 1/700 appear to be just right. Is this a scale problem with the older kit, or limitations of the newer 3D printing?However, the 1/700 weapons do seem a good match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider13i Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Hi all I appreciate that this forum thread is a little bit old. Great build in the pictures it had me thinking as I'm about to start a 1/600 version of HMS Victorious. The question is where can i get more aircraft to supplement the airgroup that comes in the kit? I have found WW2 era aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm and ones for the USN but nothing for the era of the 1950s/60s Fleet Air Arm.Any help would be great to this novice shipbuilder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Try TUMBLING DICE.I believe they have what you want.This is my effort./media/tinymce_upload/87162eb0a8e1e449ff87fdfef154a813.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/5152e9cba4acc877875b1d292b960796.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider13i Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Many Thanks for the information great build hopefully mine turns out alright.Many thanks for the information Tumbling Dice seem to have what I am after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash846 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Atlantic Models now do two 1/600 scale Photo Etch sets for the Airfix Victorious kit, one is for the ship the other for the air group including new tails for the a/c and flight deck tow trucks.my personal experience with Atlantic Models PE is extremely positive they make a huge difference to the ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiKev Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Very nice looking model. I bought HMS Hood and Victorious to keep me cheaply busy over the xmas break and the old enthusiasm has returned. I smashed the Hood model together quickly to give me a quick "fix" but I'll take more time over the carrier. One thing I've done is looked at the possibility of converting this into the light fleet carrier HMAS Melbourne.This will take lots of surgery, reducing the length by 40mm and the hull beam by 10mm, but amazingly enough, having made some templates of the hull lines to look at different cut combinations, it looks like a very do-able job. The centre prop also has to go but that's easy. So I will probably complete one kit as Victorious, and then get another one for Melbourne. The depth of the hull is a little too much for Melbourne, but not by much and hoping no one will notice. Not sure I want to take the extra millimeters off around the entire hull, simply because the fairly complex stern and bow look pretty much re-usable as they are, but I'll have a look at it. Surprising how close the so-called "light fleet carriers" were in length to the bigger ships, but the beam is definitely well down.Referring to the "Anatomy of the ship" series for HMS Hood was a great help, I think i probably tripled the amount of deck detail on the model. Of course that made hand painting the decks a nightmare, but oh well, looks OK for a kitchen table effort. I use to have the book for Victorious but that went during a recent move which is a pity. Still, plenty of pictures on the net, how did we ever survive without it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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